Seismic observations at the Yap Islands and the northern Yap Trench

Tectonophysics

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 285-294

  Sato, Toshinori ^a   Kasahara, Junzo ^a   Katao, Hiroshi ^b   Tomiyama, Natsumi ^c   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Koresawa, Sadayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ocean bottom seismometers; Seismicity; Subduction zone; Yap Trench

Indexed keywords

OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

MICRONESIA,FEDERATED STATES OF, YAP;

EID: 0030867645     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00251-X     Document Type: Article

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